Supermarket power beyond the aisles

Navigating the supermarket trolley. While much has been written and debated over the influence of supermarkets in national food chains, price setting at the farm gate and pressure on consumer behaviour, there's been little on the role of supermarkets as a social institution within the communities they colonise.

We hear from the co-author of a fascinating study into the social impact of supermarkets that took place in the regional community of Shepparton.